January Customer Thank Yous - Special Delivery

I have such a fun card to share with you all today. This is actually the cards that are going out to customers who order from me this month. So you might even have one coming your way!

I used a stamp set from the annual catalogue called You Always Deliver and I just thought it was really such a fun set of stamps. I think it could be pretty versatile too and would be great for male birthday cards too.

I coloured the little stack of parcels with my Blends and then decided to pair that with the new Golden Honey Designer Series Paper, which is actually a freebie from the Sale-a-bration catalogue. Very neat hey!

So much to love in the new Mini catalogue which is great as there is also so much I want from the Sale-a-bration one too. Win win I would say!!

So if you would like this cute little card turning up in your mail box this month, make sure you had over to my store and shop for all your craft supplies.

Happy Crafting,

Chlo

Product List 
 

You Always Deliver Photopolymer Stamp Set [149355]	Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper [152311]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [149557]	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147273]	Gray Granite Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [149537]
Gray Granite A4 Cardstock [147008]	So Saffron A4 Card Stock [108611]	Basic Black Baker's Twine [134576]	Stitched Rectangle Dies [148551]

Thanks for the Laughs - Tutorial Bundle

Some of you may think this cute little card looks familiar. Well if you purchased my fundraising Tutorial Bundle (with the funds being donated to our local Rural Fire Service), this month you will have seen this design as one of the three cards.

It's such a fun design and as I mentioned in my tutorial, you can make this and the other two cards all with one piece of 6x6 designer series paper. Pretty awesome hey!

This time around, for this card I just changed the pattern paper for a different piece from the Best Dressed pack and picked a colour from that to use as my base. I just love Petal Pink so any chance to use that is a win for me.

The three little flowers come from the Tropical die set and I cut them out from Purple posy cardstock. A little hint of glimmer and voila. Such a soft and pretty card.

So if you would like to check out what the other two cards from this set look like, you can purchase all three card tutorials (and don't forget the money from the bundle goes to a good cause too). just head on over to my Tutorial Page and follow the link.

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

Product List 
 

Thanks For The Laughs Cling Stamp Set (English) [151670]	Best Dressed 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [151319]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Petal Pink A4 Cardstock [147009]	Purple Posy A4 Cardstock [150887]	Stitched Shapes Dies [145372]
Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder [151503]	Tropical Dies [146831]	Silver Glimmer Paper [146960]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]

Colour INKspiration 3rd Birthday Blog Hop - Painted Poppies

Wow, I can't believe the Colour INKspiration team are celebrating their third birthday today and I felt so honored to be asked back, as a past team member, to be part of the blog hop today.

If you've hopped here from the amazing Julia Quinn then welcome or if you have joined the hop from my blog, make sure you hop back and check out Julia's gorgeous creation. Her work is always beautiful!!

So Bronwyn allowed us to pick any colour combo I wanted and I was instantly going to go with a Crumb Cake and Coastal Cabana combo, but then I thought about which stamps I wanted to use and I really couldn't go past the gorgeous poppies. And so with that in mind, my colours for the hop today are, Poppy Parade, Black and Gold,

And here is the card that I created with those colours.

How beautiful is this poppy stamp! I can already tell, this whole suite; paper, stamps, dies and embellishments are going to be a huge seller. Plus the new scalloped stitched rectangles are a must have for absolutely everyone.

The sentiment is actually from a carryover set called Gather Together, and i thought the font and sentiment was perfect for this card.

So guys, a few important notes for you. You can enter as many times as you like and the challenge will run for a whole month over the summer ‘break’ until February the 10^th. That gives you plenty of time to create something gorgeous, just like yourselves.
 
Now, seems the perfect time for you to hop on over and check out the next amazing card, which happens to be super talented and very dear friend Denita Wright-Smee. You are going to love what she has to share with you all.

Happy Crafting,
Chloe


Product List 
 

Painted Poppies Bundle [153827]	Painted Poppies Cling Stamp Set [151599]	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690]	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549]	Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock [121694]
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688]	Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147275]	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [148547]	Gold Glimmer Paper [146958]	Versamark Pad [102283]
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132]

Tuesday's Top Tip - Die Storage

It's been a while since I last shared a top tip and as today is Tuesday I thought I'd share a really good one.

Do you ever open a new pack of coordinating dies and are not sure whether they cut or emboss? Do you hate how sticky the left over double sided tape is? (I mean that stuff is crazy sticky!) Do you ever wonder after you've pulled a whole heap of dies off, how on earth they all fitted on before?

Well this tip covers all of those issues!

1) The cardstock sticks to all the exposed tape, no more sticky bits.
2) You can see which dies cut and which emboss.
3) because the "sandwich" is thick with the cardstock and the die backing sheet, it leaves impressions of your dies outlines so you know where they all go.

Super clever isn't it!!

Happy Crafting,
Chlo

January Cards to Go Tutorial - RFS Fundraiser

Wow, the news lately has just been awful. A few months ago, we were living the scary uncertainty of having to watch the news and wait to see if we would need to evacuate because of a large bush fire burning nearby.

We got calls to pick up the children from school because is wasn't safe and the roads in and out of town were closed. Thankfully, because of the amazing hero firefighters and their fantastic volunteers, my family and our home were kept safe.

I felt I have wanted to do something to say Thank you. To give a little back to these brave human beings and so I have a fundraising Craft morning planned for Saturday 29th Feb, which I'm really looking forward to. But I wanted to do more and I have decided that I would donate all the proceeds from this months Cards to Go Tutorial bundle.

This months tutorial bundle is a PDF file with, full step by step instructions to create 3x gorgeous cards. I have included colour photo's, top tips and a product list of everything you need to make the cards.

The tutorial will cost $10.00, with all the money being donated to the Rural Fire Service, or otherwise known as the RFS.

I really hope you enjoy the cards and don't forget to share them with me when you have made them up and more importantly, thank you so much for helping me to raise money for such an important cause.

Stay safe everyone xx
Chlo


Product List

Thanks For The Laughs Cling Stamp Set (English) [151670]	In The Tropics Dies [151495]	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690]	Stitched Shapes Dies [145372]	Coastal Weave 3D Embossing Folder [151503]
Best Dressed 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [151319]	Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock [133682]	Purple Posy A4 Cardstock [150887]	Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock [140490]	Silver Glimmer Paper [146960]
Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220]	Mini Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]